On March 3, 1901, when in command of an outpost near
Derby, Lieutenant Dugdale received orders to retire his men. His
party came under a very heavy fire from the Boers at a range of
about 250 yards, and three men and a horse were wounded. Riding
up to one of the injured men, Lieutenant Dugdale dismounted and
put him on to his own horse, ran and caught a riderless horse
near by, mounted it, and rode to another helpless man, took this
one up behind him and rode with both men out of action.

Lieutenant Dugdale was the son of Colonel J. Dugdale, of
Sezincot, Gloucestershire, and was born at Burnley on October
21, 1877. Educated at Marlborough and Christ Church, Oxford, he
entered the Army in October, 1899, as 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th
Lancers, and at once left England to join his regiment, which,
on his arrival in South Africa, was taking part in the defence
of Ladysmith. He was employed with the relieving force under Sir
Redvers Buller, and was promoted Lieutenant in May, 1900. Served
under Sir John French in Cape Colony. Received the King's and
Queen's medal, and clasps for Tugela Heights, Orange Free State,
Relief of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek, and Belfast. The Cross was
presented to this young and promising officer by H.M. the King
on October 24 1902, but, on the 13th of the following month, he
was killed in the hunting-field while riding with the North
Cotswold Hounds.